isl, W
A£0 knife and fork-i)
►
bi no mial adj.
bint /bmt/ noun (BrE, slang) an offensive way of referring to a woman
( ) £110 JL, #f£JL: a posh bint 0^
bio- /'baiau; NAmE 'baioo/ combining form (in nouns, adjectives and
adverbs j&j J$, % is] , M M M M is)) connected with living things or
human life QiWjItf}; A biodegradable fbiifrAtllWW 0 biography #iE bio-break /'baiaubreik; NAmE 'baiou-/ noun a short period of time
when you leave your computer or a meeting in order to go to the toilet/bathroom
ifrjgflf llj ( ) : I need to take a
biobreak.
biochem ist /.baiau'kemist; NAmE .baiou-/ noun a scientist who studies
biochemistry £ ( bio chem istry /.baiau'kemistri; NAmE .baiou-/ noun 1 [U] the scientific study of
the chemistry of living things §>. ^ it ^ 2 [u, C] the chemical
structure and behaviour of a living thing M 3#
►
bio chem ical /.baiau'kemikl; NAmE .baiou-/ ad/', bio-data /'baiaudeita; NAmE 'baiou-; -daeta/ noun [u, pi ]
information about a person and about what they have
done in their life 't'Aiti/i)
bio-degrad-able /.baiaudi'greidabl; NAmE ,baiou-/ adj. a substance or chemical
that is biodegradable can be changed to a harmless natural state by the action
of bacteria, and will therefore not damage the environment (ft PIU3 NON-BIODEGRADABLE
bio-de-grade /.baiaudi'greid; NAmE,baiou-/ verb [V] (of a substance or
chemical to change back to
a harmless natural state by the action of
bacteria £ ty)
bio-di versity /,baiaudai'v3:sati; NAmE ,baioudai'v3:rs-/ (also less frequent ,bio,logical di'versity) noun [U] the existence of a
large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced
environment
bioengineering /,baiau,end3i'marir); /MmE ,baiou- .endsi'mrirj/ noun [U] the use of engineering
methods to solve medical problems, for example the use of artificial arms and
legs
bio eth ics /.baiau'eGiks; NAmE .baiou-/ noun [U] (technical A ill) the moral
principles that influence research in medicine and biology 1^,
bio-feed-back /.baiau'fiidbaek; NAmE .baiou-/ noun [u] (;technical A in) the use of
electronic equipment to record and display activity in the body that is not usually
under your conscious control, for example your heart rate, so that you can
learn to control that activity
ZLto&m (mm vxnu)
bio-gas /'baiaugaes; NAmE 'baiou-/ noun [u] gas, especially methane, that is produced by dead
plants and that can be burned to produce heat
biog raph er /bai'ngrafa(r); NAmE -'a:g-/ noun a person who writes the
story of another person’s life #iB WfM. biog raphy /bai'ngrafi; NAmE -'a:g-/ noun [C, U] (pi. -ies) the story of a person’s
life written by sb else; this type of writing # iB ; #
iE # pp : Boswell’s biography of
Johnson f$—compare autobiography ► bio-graph-lc-al /.baia'graefikl/ adj. bio-hazard /'baiauhaezad; NAmE 'baiouhaezard/ noun a risk to human health or
to the environment, from a biological source
(
bio logical /,bai0'lDd3ikl; NAmE -'la:d3-/ adj. 1 connected with the science of biology : the bio
logical sciences A #3#^ 2 connected with the processes that take
place within living things W A ft): the biological effects of radiation ftjl£ii|n) 0 the biological control of pests (= using living